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If the war of the words online is any predictor of the upcoming Ontario election, this campaign will likely come down to which leader seems most trustworthy, with the party platforms and political missteps virtually ignored by voters. Words like “lie” and “tax” have stuck to both Liberal Dalton McGuinty and Conservative Tim Hudak throughout […]

The U.S. House of Representatives is far more polite and civil than it is often perceived to be. A new report by the University of Pennsylvania has studied the number of insults in the House and finds that incivility was more common historically. The report studies the “taking down” procedure, which censures members who use […]

On Saturday, the body of a social media user was left decapitated as a warning against reporting on the activities of Mexico’s bloody drug gangs. Below, a look at how the violence has spread across the country (or you can download a large size PDF of the graphic):

By Alissa de Carbonnel MOSCOW — A Russian spacecraft bringing food and fuel supplies to six astronauts in the International Space Station failed to reached orbit on Wednesday, burning up in the atmosphere, space officials said. Russia’s space agency said the crash was no cause for an emergency evacuation of the astronauts, who are from […]

The Canada Border Services Agency has released the names and photos of thirty men wanted for war crimes. The men are believed to be hiding out in Canada, and the agency is asking for the public’s help in bringing them to justice. Read the complete story here; after the jump, photos of the accused.

More than 3,300 people were being forced to evacuate their communities in northwestern Ontario Wednesday, boarding military and commercial aircraft in a rush to flee more than 100 forest fires blazing throughout the region. Another 1,000 could follow Thursday. Read the complete story here; below, a map of the fires.

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA – The United Nations is set to declare famine in parts of southern Somalia, aid officials said on Tuesday, signalling to donors the need for more aid and to insurgents that the population’s suffering is taken seriously. Mark Bowden, humanitarian coordinator for Somalia, is expected to make the announcement on Wednesday […]